Drago
36 Chambers Box
- ISBN: 978-88-88493-441
- Format: Softcover, 17x24cm, 12 books
- Published: 2008 - Series: 36 Chambers
- Price: 216 €
Drago’s current project is the 36 Chambers Series. Within the next three years Drago is to produce thirty-six books that are dedicated to the work of thirty-six artists. The title of the project is inspired by the martial arts classic Enter the 36 Chambers of Shaolin. Like the 36 Chambers of Shaolin’s monastery, each of the thirty-six books represents a room for each artist to exhibit his or her artistic strength. The artists are confined to the use of only black, white, and a single color of their choice, yet this limited palette also serves as tool for creative liberation. The images that result are a pure impression, a powerful image without distraction, that mixes tradition and innovation.The Bronze Set consists of the following books...
CT'ink A/React
Marte Martedi
Why Style Dirt Don't Hurt
Papik Rossi Mr Rossi
Pax Paloscia Let The Kid's Play
Ivory Serra The Serra Effect
King Kong We Didn't Invent Anything
Native & ZenTwo The Sessions
Sophie Toulouse Nation of Angela
Tv Boy Start a Revolution Without
Weapons
Fupete & Jack La Motta Animal Collective
Mike Giant Muerte
Sample images
Praise for 36 Chambers Box
[Inside]
Drago, una casa editrice d’arte contemporanea ma anche una piattaforma culturale catalizzatrice delle nuove tendenze: mostra eventi chimerici della seconda rivoluzione pop nell’era della globalizzazione.
Drago is a contemporary art publishing house but also acts as a cultural platform which catalyzes new tendencies: it demonstrates commercial events from the second pop revolution of the first globalized era.
[L’Unità]
Sinergia e fusion, dunque, la ricetta di Drago che, in sintonia con il remix dell’estetica contemporanea, fonde arte, moda, dibattito culturale, flair e comunicazione.
Synergy and fusion are the recipe that Drago, in harmony with the contemporary aesthetical remix, melts art, fashion, cultural debate, flair and communication.
[Arte]
Mainstream e “cannibali dell’immagine” cercano di appropriarsi della street art. Mostre istituzionalizzate ne intaccano l’originalità. Questa è l’opinione di Paulo von Vacano, che a tale pericolo si oppone presentando con la sua Drago 36 chambers, progetto che rivendica l’irriducibilità delle culture underground.
Mainstream and “cannibals of images” are trying to appropriate street art. Institutional exhibitions damage its originality. That is the opinion of Paulo von Vacano. He is opposed to this system as a result of this danger he presents his project the 36 Chamber series, which reinforces the unyielding force of underground culture.
[Rodeo Magazine]
Drago, editore romano d’assalto è tornato a graffiare il mondo dell’arte giocando a invertire i canoni della cultura come piace a lui.
Drago, the aggressive Roman publisher, has returned to scratch the art world, to play and reverse the canons of culture as it wishes.
[Vogue Uomo]
Ogni volume della collana costituisce una prova dove gli autori, singoli o crew, devono esprimere il meglio della loro creatività. L’ultimo episodio sarà una sintesi di tutti i precedenti.
Each volume of the series is a test, in which the authors have to express the best of their creativity. The last episode will be a synthesis of everything that came before.
[Dazed & Confused]
Working with black, white and just one colour, 36 artists are representing the best of underground street art. Drago is pretty much the only Italian publisher to take such a big interest in underground and street art, and their 36 Chambers project is a further testament to their “overstatement through understatement” attitude.
[KULT]
Se la cultura indipendente rischia di essere fagocitata dal mainstream e data in pasto ai cannibali delle immagini, la casa editrice Drago, da sempre autentico catalizzatore di avanguardie creative, si oppone alla nouveau tendence di appropriarsi della street art e istituzionalizzarla, e rivendica l’irriducibilità della cultura underground con la collana 36 chambers. […] Ogni volume è una stanza. Ogni stanza racchiude l’essenza del lavoro di ogni artista. Ultimo anello della catena il 36esimo libro promette di portare alla luce i protagonisti della scena indipendente internazionale, un vademecum sull’illuminazione.
If independent culture risks being gobbled up by mainstream and image cannibals, Drago has always been an authentic catalyst to creative avant-gardes, Drago resists the nouveau tendencey to appropriate and institutionalize street art and reclaims the unyielding force of underground culture with the 36 Chambers series. Each volume is a room. Each room encloses the essence of each artist’s work. The last in the chain’s ring, the 36th book, promises to bring light to the protagonists of the independent and international scene. A vade mecum of illumination.
[Next Mag]
Each volume represents a room where artists will express the core of their work. The artists have imposed limitation, which will free their creativity, such as black, white, and one colour. The result is a mix of pure impression, going back to the roots and contemporary taste of a work that combines tradition and experimentation.
[L’Unità]
Tavole disegnate per racconti tutti da sfogliare, al confine tra l’intervento creativo e la scrittura. Più semplicemente, libri d’artista. Scelta dell’editore romano Drago. Un supporto vintage [trovare sinonimo n.d.r.] per promuovere il nuovo. […] Abituati a scrivere sui muri della città, non stupisce che gli street artists si sentano a loro agio con il libro. Carta e cemento affini come strumenti linguistici.
Painted papers for readable story, are on the border between creative presence and writing. Even easier, artist books. This is what Drago, a Roman publisher, decided to do. A vintage support to promote the new. Accustomed to writing on city walls, it is not strange that street artists feel at ease with writing on a book. Paper and cement near each other as linguistic tools.
Titles in the same series
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Nation of Angela
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The Serra Effect
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Stencil Poster
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Arrivals and Departures
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Animal Collective
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Dirt Don't Hurt
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Muerte
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2.5 - New York Street Life
Titles on a similar subject
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A_React
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The Sessions
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Start a Revolution Without Weapons
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Coup d'État
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A Sequence of Events
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Mr. Rossi
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Maï/JonOne
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We Didn't Invent Anything